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In the backyard of where Hobie Alter opened his first surf shop back in the Fifties, the company he founded in Dana Point returns to it’s roots by sponsoring the 2013 Doheny Surf Fest.

One special beach event on Sunday afternoon will be the Hobie Alter Tandem Invitational highlighting one of the original competitive disciplines from the Sixties of which Hobie himself was a champion. It will be preceded on Sunday morning by the “Sixties Longboard Contest” hosted by the Doheny Longboard Association

The second annual Doheny Surf Fest will feature two days of fun in the sun with surfing exhibitions including on Saturday the Legends of the Longboard Era, the Tyler Warren Invite of the “New School” of Traditional Longboarding and the Terry Martin ‘Sport of Kings” Concours d Elegance.

Also there is the Surf Fest Village with nearly 100 vendor booths with everything from surf gear, arts and crafts and collectibles and a “Free” concert in the park Saturday afternoon with Common Sense with opening acts Trevor Green and Aloha Radio.

You can grab a beer too in the Kona Brewing beer garden with it’s un-plugged Stillwater stage and the also some great eats in the “Food Court”.

It’s going to a weekend of soaking up Southern California beach culture.